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T-beams are precast prestressed concrete beams used in beam and block flooring systems to provide economic ground and upper flooring for buildings. Beam and block floors offer benefits such as being factory produced for quality control, suitability for restricted access sites, and providing an immediate working platform. The beams have varying depths and centers and can span up to 6 meters depending on the applied load and beam spacing.

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T-beams are precast prestressed concrete beams used in beam and block flooring systems to provide economic ground and upper flooring for buildings. Beam and block floors offer benefits such as being factory produced for quality control, suitability for restricted access sites, and providing an immediate working platform. The beams have varying depths and centers and can span up to 6 meters depending on the applied load and beam spacing.

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February 2008

Prestressed
technical data

T-Beams (Beam & Block)


For use in the Beam & block flooring system, where a combination of precast prestressed concrete beams and infill blocks are used to produce a high quality, economic ground and upper flooring solution, in residential and other building types.

THE BENEFITS OF T-BEAM FLOORS


Factory Produced
Beams are factory produced to the highest standards using strict quality controls.

Section profiles and depths


A typical example of our section profile is detailed below. Concrete Flooring Systems' t-beam are 150mm deep
Varying Centres 80

Restricted Access Sites


Beam and block flooring is ideal for use on developments with restricted access.

150

520 125

Infill Blocks
Infill blocks may be standard building blocks complying with BS 6073: Part 1 which are widely available. Alternatively, purpose made infill blocks can be used. Blocks should be capable of sustaining a central point load of 3.5kN

Structural Performance
A general guide on performance characteristics can be seen in the table below Centres
(mm)

Self Weight
(kN/m2)

Applied Load (kN/m )/Limiting Clear Span (m)


2

1.5kN/m2
2

3.0kN/m2

4.0kN/m2

5.0kN/m2

7.5kN/m2

10.0kN/m2

520 295 350 125

2.3kN/m 2.6kN/m 2.4kN/m 3.6kN/m

4.20 5.48 5.05 6.90

3.65 3.65 4.45 6.90

3.40 3.40 4.15 6.60

3.20 3.20 3.90 6.25

2.75 2.75 3.40 5.60

2.50 2.50 3.10 5.05

Working Platform
Beam and block floors provide an immediate working platform for the following trades.

Structural performance
Different beam spacings and block densities mean specific combinations are numerous. Generally spans of up to 6m are available depending on the loading conditions.

Wide Spacings
Blocks can be installed at 440mm wide spacing for loadings over 1.5kN/m2 and up to 5.0kN/m2 imposed loads, but suitably designed finishes may be required to avoid overloading the blocks

Holes for Services


Holes can be formed by the omission of blocks and made good by others using in-situ concrete after the installation of services

Fire Resistance
All slabs have a 1 hour fire resistance. This can however be enhanced up to 4 hours.

Design
Beam and block floors are designed in accordance with BS8110:(1997) The structural use of concrete.

Camber
Prestressed concrete beams will exhibit a degree of upward camber, the extent of which will depend on the span and the amount of prestress in the design

Concrete Flooring Systems Ltd Gortgonis Road, Coalisland BT71 4QF Tel: 028 8774 0326 Fax 028 8774 7193 e: [email protected]

www.concreteflooringsystems.co.uk

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